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A&B is looking for fit. Whatever your grades are, you've made it through the first round of scrutiny, so don't worry about them as much. Depending on how your school does OCI (lottery or pre-select), they're interested in talking to you because of or in spite of your grades, so just let that go and focus on being real.

So what is this "fit" that A&B looks for? They want people who are genuinely nice people - who know how to and prefer to work on teams rather than individually, who are very smart but not arrogant, who can convey their ideas well both orally and on paper, who can be serious when necessary and fun all other times. One big misconception is that you have to drink at a firm like A&B to fit in. That is patently false. Nobody cares what your personal decisions are -- they're more interested in whether you have a sense of humor and can be normal. So, this goes without saying (but I've seen law students violate it left and right), don't try to be someone you're not. This is important in the screener, but even more important in the callback.

People say that ties to Atlanta really matter. In my experience, ties at A&B are defined much more loosely than they are on TLS. You don't need to have been born and bred in ATL, much less the South. If you aren't a Southerner, though, you do need to have gone to school in the South. It's perfectly fine to say, "I went to college at W&L and am at Northwestern for law school, and I've realized the South is a much better fit for me. Having lived in Chicago, though, I know I want to live in a big city, and Atlanta is the obvious choice in the South." Out of my summer class, at least 15 people told a story along those lines.

That's all I can really think of in terms of tips without knowing who you're interviewing with. But if you have any other A&B-related questions, I'm happy to answer.

A&B is looking for fit. Whatever your grades are, you've made it through the first round of scrutiny, so don't worry about them as much. Depending on how your school does OCI (lottery or pre-select), they're interested in talking to you because of or in spite of your grades, so just let that go and focus on being real.

So what is this "fit" that A&B looks for? They want people who are genuinely nice people - who know how to and prefer to work on teams rather than individually, who are very smart but not arrogant, who can convey their ideas well both orally and on paper, who can be serious when necessary and fun all other times. One big misconception is that you have to drink at a firm like A&B to fit in. That is patently false. Nobody cares what your personal decisions are -- they're more interested in whether you have a sense of humor and can be normal. So, this goes without saying (but I've seen law students violate it left and right), don't try to be someone you're not. This is important in the screener, but even more important in the callback.

People say that ties to Atlanta really matter. In my experience, ties at A&B are defined much more loosely than they are on TLS. You don't need to have been born and bred in ATL, much less the South. If you aren't a Southerner, though, you do need to have gone to school in the South. It's perfectly fine to say, "I went to college at W&L and am at Northwestern for law school, and I've realized the South is a much better fit for me. Having lived in Chicago, though, I know I want to live in a big city, and Atlanta is the obvious choice in the South." Out of my summer class, at least 15 people told a story along those lines.

That's all I can really think of in terms of tips without knowing who you're interviewing with. But if you have any other A&B-related questions, I'm happy to answer.

Regional ties are tcr for Alston - I'd never spent any time in the city at all and that wasn't a limiting factor. Obviously wouldn't bring that up if you can avoid it, just have a compelling story in mind. ATL's capital of the south, and to a certain degree Alston (can't speak for other ATL firms) understands that people move there for some of the same reasons that people move to DC and NY.

Regional ties are tcr for Alston - I'd never spent any time in the city at all and that wasn't a limiting factor. Obviously wouldn't bring that up if you can avoid it, just have a compelling story in mind. ATL's capital of the south, and to a certain degree Alston (can't speak for other ATL firms) understands that people move there for some of the same reasons that people move to DC and NY.

K&S similar. Georgia/ATL ties are great if you have them, but southern ties are perfectly fine.

I heard one firm started making calls late Tuesday afternoon and two others stated that theirs would be on Thursday. Not sure about the rest or how many firms were involved in the Atlanta regionals or which ones made callbacks (and for when). The process is nerve racking!